#CD9E53#CD9E53

#CD9E53 is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.381; OKLCH L 72.8% C 0.108 H 77.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 8.61:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CD9E53
RGB	rgb(205, 158, 83)
HSL	hsl(37, 55%, 56%)
HSV	hsv(37, 60%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 22.9%, 59.5%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(68.06, 9.09, 45.27)
CIE-LCH	lch(68.06, 46.17, 78.64°)
OKLab	oklab(72.81% 0.0237 0.1058)
OKLCH	oklch(72.81% 0.108 77.3)
XYZ	xyz(38.9671, 38.0600, 13.4758)
Luminance	0.3806 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	orange

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CD9E53 #5382CD

analogous

#CD6153 #CD9E53 #BFCD53

triadic

#CD9E53 #53CD9E #9E53CD

tetradic

#CD9E53 #53CD61 #5382CD #CD53BF

square

#CD9E53 #53CD61 #5382CD #CD53BF

split-complementary

#CD9E53 #53BFCD #6153CD

monochromatic

#805D25 #B08033 #CD9E53 #DBB982 #E9D3B2

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.44

#CD9E53 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

8.61

#CD9E53 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CD9E53

8.61:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CD9E53	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CD9E53	1.00	2.44	8.61	8.61
#FFFFFF	2.44	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	8.61	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#B09F4C

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BBAB55

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DD918D

Achromatopsia (no color)

#A6A6A6

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cd9e53;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 158, 83);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(72.8% 0.108 77.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfba85',
    500: '#cd9e53',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cd9e53;
$custom-light: #dfba85;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cd9e53",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 158,
    "b": 83
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 36.885,
    "s": 54.955,
    "l": 56.471
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.72807,
    "c": 0.10838,
    "h": 77.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.38057
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CD9E53

secondary

#A5B8D7

accent

#83DE4A

background

#FEFBF8

surface

#FCF6EF

border

#D5D0CA

text

#16110B

muted

#84807C

Preview Lab

Preview with #CD9E53

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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